My College life is a blessing : courses (Cerita tentang Kuliah di FKM UI)

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Hi, It has been a long time since my last writing on my blog. As the corona pandemic is considered as the new normal, I try to fill my day with some productive things such as writing on my blog beside of finishing my undergrad thesis. This time I’d like to tell about my gratitude toward my college life that has reached its final year.

I have studied public heath for almost 4 years at the faculty of public health Universitas Indonesia. I take epidemiology concentration. My struggle toward its courses has been an adventure for me. Some courses are easy, some are not. Some lecturer can explain well and some can not. But yes, at this final year I realize that I love to study public health so much. 

I will start telling you about my courses since 1^st semester

My courses on 1^st term

1.       Dasar Kesehatan Lingkungan

2.       Dasar Kesehatan Masyarakat

3.       Ilmu Biomedik Dasar

4.       Komunikasi Kesehatan

5.       MPK Agama

6.       MPK Olahraga

7.       MPKT A

My 1^st term courses is mostly consisted of general courses that should be taken by all UI student or FKM student. I also study about heath in general and public health principle. At this term, Not only  exploring many organizations, but I also found my excitement in making many friends as well. We were just graduated from high school and had a big curiosity about being a college student.

My courses on 2^nd term

1. Biomedik
2. Biostatistik Dasar
3. Kependudukan
4. Kolaborasi dan kerjasama Tim Kesehatan
5. MPK bahasa Inggris
6. MPKTB

My courses are a little bit focused on public health on this 2nd term. I learn about diseases (pathophysiology, the agents, the simptomps, signs etc), how statistic is used for public health need and collaboration between other health care providers. Some general courses such as MPKTB and MPK Inggris are also studied.

My courses on 3^rd term

1. Dasar Gizi Kesehatan Masyarakat
2. Dasar Keselamatan dan Kesehatan Kerja
3. Dasar Sosiologi dan Antropologi Kesehatan 
4. Epidemiologi
5. Etika dan Hukum dalam bidang Kesehatan
6. Manajemen dan Analisis Data 1
7. Promosi Kesehatan
8. Sistem Informasi Kesehatan

On 3^rd term, I started to study about the basic of public health. If I could summarize, I learn about the basic risk factor that affect heath. My favorite courses was epidemiology and manajemen & analisis data 1. I learned how to use how statistic showing number and how to interpret that. I also studied about the basic pattern on how a disease spread epidemiologycally

My courses on 4^th term

1. Ekonomi Kesehatan
2. Epidemiologi Penyakit Menular
3. Kepemimpinan untuk Pengembangan Kesehatan
4. Kesehatan Global
5. Manajemen dan Kebijakan Kesehatan
6.  Metodologi Penelitian Kesehatan
7.  Pengelolaan Bencana
8.  Pengorganisasian dan Pengembangan Masyarak
9.  Surveilans Kesehatan Masyarakat
10. elective courses : tata keloka klinis di RS

My 4^th term was busy with the organizations. However, I still enjoyed my study. I enjoyed study most on Ekonomi Kesehatan and Manajemen dan Kebijakan Kesehatan  (MKK). From Ekonomi Kesehatan (Health Economic) course, I learned how economic affected heath and how to interpret economic curve as a health problem. My MKK courses was a different from other class as our final project was making a business plan for an health industry. So, we learned about… hmm.... how to manage health projects but we made it as a business. 

MY courses on 5^th term

1.  Advokasi Kesehatan
2. Epidemiologi Penyakit Tidak Menular
3. Investigasi Wabah
4.  Metode dan Etika Penelitian Epidemiologi D
5.  Metode Penelitian Kualitatif dalam Kesehat
6. Organisasi Pemelajar dan Berpikir Sistem
7. Pengantar Penyakit Berbasis Lingkungan
8. Penulisan Ilmiah
9. Perencanaan, Pemantauan, dan Penilaian Pro
10. Sistem Pembangunan Kesehatan Nasional dan

Ah then I came to 5^th term! This was my busiest term ever haha. Remembering how I struggle with some stuff like organizations, competitions, and projects is really… ahh what should I say? Made me miss this college phase very much. I started choosing epidemiology as my concentration, joining some university level events, trying some competitions (even I failed that time) and much more. Moreover, that I learned about research and how public health research are made was very important as a basic for being an epidemiologist.  I had to plan my activities well so that none of them could be missed.

My courses on 6^th term

1. My elective course : Bahasa Arab Dasar
2. My elective course : Rancangan Sampel
3. My concentration course : Epidemiologi Kesehatan Kerja
4. My concentration course :Epidemiologi Kesehatan Reproduksi
5. My concentration course :Epidemiologi Manajemen Kesehatan
6. Pengalaman Belajar Lapangan 1
7. My concentration course :Pengantar Epidemiologi AIDS
8. My concentration course :Pengantar Epidemiologi Bencana
9. My concentration course :Program Penanggulangan Penyakit
10. My concentration course :Survei Cepat Epidemiologis

After a super hectic 5th term, my 6^th term was time for taking breaks. I focused on courses, all about epidemiology. That basic epidemiology was advanced here. I also learn the implementation of epidemiology measurement on public health sectors such as occupational health, reproductive health and disaster. I also took basic arabic as I was curious on how to take course on other faculty. At summer break, all of the students had a project on babakan madang village. For a month, we obliged to search most emerging health problem, make a simple epidemiology measurement  then arrange it into a heath intervention for the public. This course were  Pengalaman Belajar Lapangan 1 & 2. 

My 7^th courses (All is concentration course)

1. Analisis Data Epidemiologi Deskriptif
2. Epidemiologi Gizi
3. Epidemiologi Sosial
4. Kolaborasi dan Kerjasama Tim Kesehatan 2
5. Pengalaman Belajar Lapangan 2
6. Pengalaman Belajar Lapangan 3/Kerja Prakte
7. Telaah Artikel

Uh oh....it was my final year! This term was a very hard time to make a decision about when I should graduate and what I should do after graduation. The courses were getting advanced and advanced. I learned not only new applications for calculating nutrition need but new epidemiology measurements too. I took internship and started doing my undergraduate thesis. It was a fun yet a hard time to study. My classmate were so supportive each other but we also had to focused on our last misson.

To my summarize, being a public health students is exciting for me. I could conclude a health problem form epidemiology data and organize intervention programs effectively. Further, I want to open to many opportunities from epidemiologist, content writer to researcher!